Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy

Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy
I. Points: by the end of the unit Ss will be able to
talk about temperature, height and weight
Describe health and safety precautions
Respond to a doctor’s requests
Fill in check up forms
talk about sicknesses, their symptoms, and cures
II. Language focus:
1. Grammar:
Past simple tense: question and negative form
“Would you...?” for requests
have + names of illnesses
2. Vocabulary:
a medical check up
a medical record
temperature
height
weight
common cold
headache
stomach ache
virus
flu
disease
symptoms
a slight fever
(to) measure
(to) weigh
(to) write
(to) cure
(to) cough
(to) sneeze
(to) relieve
(to) prevent
heavy
common
unpleasant
III. Teaching aids : book, pictures, word square-board, overhead.......
Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy
lesson 1: A1 P. 107-108
* Reading a dialogue to understand the details and practice “Would you + verb”
1. Revision: Pelmanism
Irregular verbs: give, take, tell, leave, have, be
2. Pre reading:
Pre teach:
a medical check up: ®ît kh¸m søc khoÎ, 
a medical record: phiÕu kh¸m søc khoÎ
temperature
(to) take one’s temperature
Would you + verb, please?
height
(to) measure
(to) weigh
Ordering A1 P. 108 a,- h,
3. While reading:
Present A1 P.107
Ss read the dialogue and check their order
Key: 1.f 2.d 3.c 4.g 5.e 6.a 7.h 8.b
Comprehension Qs: (LN)
What were the Ss of Quang Trung school doing? ( having a medical check up)
Who was doing the medical check up? (Hoa)
What did the nurse do? (took Hoa’s temperature, measured her, and weighed her?
what was Hoa’s height? (1m45)
What was her temperature? (370 C)Was it nomal? (Yes)
What was her weight? / How heavy was she? (40 kilos)
4. Post reading:
Noughts and crosses
Ss make Ss make sentences with “Would you + V, please? and respond
Example exchange:
S1: Would you open your mouth, please, so I can take your temperature?
S2: OK
®o th©n nhiÖt
trë l¹i vµo tuÇn sau
cho biÕt tªn
ngåi xuèng
kiÓm tra c©n nÆng
®iÒn vµo phiÕu søc kháe
nãi AH...
®îi trong phßng ®îi
®o chiÒu cao
5. Homework: write the As for Comprehension Qs, A3-4 P. 69-71
Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy
lesson 2: A2-3 P. 108-109
* Listening for details and practicing asking and answering about height and weight
1. Pre listening:
Pre teach:
weight (n) c©n nÆng è What’s your weight?
heavy (adj): nÆng è How heavy are you?
male: n÷
female: nam
Predict A2 P.108 
Ss predict the missing words before listening 
2. While listening: A2 P. 108
Ss listen and check their prediction
Key: the bold words in the tape transcript
tape transcript
Doctor:
Hoa:
Doctor:
Hoa:
Doctor:
Hoa:
Doctor:
Hoa:
Doctor:
I want to ask you a few questions before I start, Hoa? How old are you?
Fourteen.
And your height is one meter 50 centimeters?
No. I think I’m shorter. The nurse measured me.
Oh. How tall are you?
One meter 45 centimeters.
I will ask the nurse to check your height again. How heavy are you?
I think I’m 42 kilograms.
No. It says on your form that you’re 40 kilograms
Ss practice the dialogue with their partners A3 P. 108-109
Ss work in closed pairs: one is A, the other is B, Ss use these Qs to ask their friends:
Which school/ class does he go/ study?
What’s his surname?
What’s his address?
How old is he?
What’s his weight?
What’s his height?
3. Post listening:
Survey
Name
Male/ Female
Age
Weight
Height
4. Homework: A1 P.67-68
Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy
lesson 3: b 1 p.110
* Asking and answering Qs about sicknesses and further practice in the past simple, Qs and negative form.
1. Presentation:
Pre teach:
(to) have
a bad cold
a headache
a virus / ̀vaiƏrƏs/:nhiÔm vi rót
a stomachache
flu
(to) write a sick note: viÕt giÊy xin phÐp nghØ èm
Presentation dialogue B1 P. 110
Model sentences:
What was wrong with you?
 I had a headache
What was wrong with she?
 She had a headache
2. Practice:
Word cue drill
You/ cold
Lan/ headache
Ba/ stomachache
He/ flu
She/ toothache
Example exchange
S1: What was wrong with you?
S2: I had a cold
Comprehension Qs: a,.-e P.110
Key:
Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because she had a bad cold.
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She had a headache.
Mr. Tan told Lan to stay inside at recess.
The doctor said that Lan had a virus.
The doctor wrote Lan’s sick note
3. Further practice:
Noughts and crosses
Use the correct tense (S Present or S Past)
The weather (be) awful today.
Lan (be) sick yesterday.
She (not come) to school yesterday.
How you (feel) now?
She (walk) to school everyday.
I (send) a letter to my pen pal last month.
He (work) in Hue a few years ago.
Why Lan (not go) to the library yesterday?
Hoa (go) to the dentist last week.
4. Homework: B2 P. 72
Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy
lesson 4: b 2-3 p.111
* Listening for specific information.
1. Pre listening:
+ Survey B2 P.111
Example exchange:
S1: Were you ever absent from school last semester?
S2: Yes
S1: Did you have a cold/ the flu/ ...?
S2: Yes
Name
cold
flu
headache
stomachache
toothache
Ss work in groups of 4
Ss choose a secretary for their group
Ask the secretaries to give the results of their groups
Combine the results for the whole class
Ask Ss to answer the Qs:
What was the most common illness?
 ... least ... ?
+ Open prediction: B3 P.111
Ss predict the days lost through sickness in class 7A last semester (with the key)
cold
flu
headache
stomachache
toothache
Total days lost:.112
10
43
5
37
17
2. While listening:
Ss listen and check their predictions
Tape transcript
	Last semester in class 7A, there was a total of 112 days absence due to sickness. The total breaks down as follow: most absences- 43- were due to flu. Then came to stomach problems with 37. Toothache came next with 17. Colds accounted for 10 absences. Finally, headaches caused 5 days’ absence.
3. Post listening: Ss compare the days lost through sickness in class 7A with those in their own class
cold
flu
headache
stomachache
toothache
Class 7A
Your class
Ss orally report back
E.g. Last semester, in class 7A , cold caused 10 days’ absence, but in my class...
4. Homework: B3 P.72-73
Unit 11: Keep fit, staying healthy
lesson 5: b4 p.112
* Reading a text to understand the details about the common cold.
1. Revision:
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2. Pre reading:
Pre teach:
common cold: c¶m l¹nh th«ng th­êng
disease: bÖnh tËt
symptoms: triÖu chøng
a runny rose: bÖnh sæ mòi
a light fever: sèt nhÑ
(to) cough: ho
(to) sneeze: h¾t h¬i
a cure : sù cøu ch÷a
 (to) cure: ch÷a
Pre Qs:
Why do people call the cold “common”?
What are the symptoms of the common cold?
3. While reading:
Ss read B4 P.112 then answer the Pre Qs
Key:
Because every year millions of people catch it
The symptoms of the common cold are a runny nose, a slight fever, coughing and sneezing
Matching
unpleasant
relieve
disappear
prevent
biÕn mÊt
khã chÞu
ng¨n c¶n
lµm gi¶m
Comprehension Qs P.112
Key:
We call the “common cold” Because every year millions of people catch it
The symptoms of the common cold / They are a runny nose, a slight fever, coughing and sneezing.
No, there is no cure for the common cold.
No, these medicines don’t cure a cold, but they relieve the symptoms.
We can prevent a cold by eating well, doing exercises, keeping fit and staying healthy. 
4. Post reading: Write it up
Ss write about the common cold ( Summarize the text)
5. Homework: B4 P.73, learn the NWs by heart, read B4 P.112